Dials down

Latest answer — August 01, 2026

8 Down

Makes something weaker or smaller in amount 🔉

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Across

  1. 1Dis/cuss?
  2. 10Some radio messages, in brief
  3. 14Notions
  4. 16So-called "Island of a Thousand Temples"
  5. 17Festival at the center of the classic novel "Under the Volcano"
  6. 19Marching band?
  7. 2021-time Emmy nominee for "All My Children"
  8. 21Add color to, perhaps
  9. 22Teensy amounts
  10. 23Unit on the autobahn, say: Abbr.
  11. 24Hwy. overseer, for short
  12. 25Wackadoodle
  13. 27Wear the same clothes, in slang
  14. 30Wirelessly driven toy, for short
  15. 33Field whose prospects are looking up?
  16. 35Like the 2003 Peace Nobelist Shirin Ebadi
  17. 37Some prominent Mexico City murals
  18. 38Rabelais character who, as a baby, was fed by 17,913 cows, "for it was impossible to find a nurse sufficient for him in all the country"
  19. 40"Shoot"
  20. 41Basilica setting for Bernini's Throne of Saint Peter
  21. 42Even so
  22. 43C-section sections
  23. 44Menopause treatment option, in brief
  24. 46Full of hot gossip
  25. 48Base unit
  26. 51Incredible, in modern parlance
  27. 54Erin's onetime love interest on "The Office"
  28. 55Attire for a ceremony at Westminster Abbey
  29. 57Bearing
  30. 58Fulfilled a business obligation
  31. 59"What ___?"
  32. 60Upset tummy, medically speaking

Down

  1. 1Frank Costanza or Morty Seinfeld, e.g.
  2. 2Precipitous?
  3. 3Source of some classic rock bands
  4. 4Brewski
  5. 5Part of a giggle
  6. 6Cheese named after a Prussian town near the Baltic coast
  7. 7Result of bad service, maybe
  8. 8Dials down
  9. 9Ancient text whose Sanskrit title means "Principles of Love"
  10. 10Opposite of verbosity
  11. 11A little of this and that
  12. 12Group of like-minded individuals
  13. 13Enthusiastic approval abroad
  14. 15Amar'e Stoudemire, for his first eight seasons in the N.B.A.
  15. 18Bugling game
  16. 22Durin's burial place in "The Lord of the Rings"
  17. 24Red light district?
  18. 26Angular opening?
  19. 28Divinely appointed successor of Muhammad, in Shia Islam
  20. 29The Big Board of Wall St.
  21. 30Capital on the mouth of the Daugava River
  22. 31Losing roll
  23. 32Alternatives to some rentals
  24. 33Showed up earlier than
  25. 34Egg maker
  26. 36"Your choice"
  27. 39Sewerage, for example
  28. 43Sassy response to a put-down
  29. 45Pearl Jam's debut album, which went 13x platinum
  30. 47Dinners in sties
  31. 48Los ____ (Mexican tourist destination)
  32. 49Manuscript marks
  33. 50Unit equal to one weber per square meter
  34. 51Fictional maker of Rocket-Powered Roller Skates and Dehydrated Boulders
  35. 52Participate in drudgery
  36. 53"Kapow!"
  37. 54Snack in a sack in a backpack
  38. 56Deli selection

The answer to “Dials down” in the New York Times crossword is LESSENS — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on August 1, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 8-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Dials down” answer

LESSENS (7 letters)

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Why the answer is LESSENS

Makes something weaker or smaller in amount 🔉

What does LESSENS mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of LESSENS is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(verb)

  • make or become less; diminish

When else has “Dials down” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 1, 2026 (most recent) → LESSENS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Dials down”?

The answer is LESSENS, a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on August 1, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Dials down”?

7 letters: LESSENS.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on August 1, 2026 (a Saturday puzzle), at 8-Down.

Can “Dials down” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for August 1, 2026 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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